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Independent research on the U.S. markets

Baptista Research is an independent financial research house focused on the U.S. markets. We provide equity research as well as credit research reports on the top-listed U.S. companies with most of our focus on technology, consumer goods and services, automobiles, industrials, oil and gas, pharma, and healthcare. Our research has served more than 3000 institutional investors including mutual funds, hedge funds, banks, family offices, and various buy-side firms. We operate a research subscription service where institutions, as well as retail investors, can have priority access to all our research. We also have a wide distribution of our research reports across some of the top global financial platforms. Apart from equity research and credit research, we also provide advisory services with respect to mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity/ venture capital fundraising, valuation reports, and investment management services for corporates.
Baptista Research is owned and managed by Ishan Majumdar, an ex-Venture Capitalist/ Investment Banker, a Chartered Accountant, and a Masters’ degree holder in Management from HEC Paris. Ishan has nearly a decade of experience in Mergers and Acquisitions, Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs), Venture Capital Investing, Corporate Strategy, and Valuation in front-office roles at the likes of BNP Paribas CIB, Credit Agricole CIB, Groupe Danone, and TIW Private Equity. He has worked on and closed multiple acquisition deals, leveraged buyouts, and start-up investment transactions.

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<ul><li>Hasbro's third quarter 2024 earnings presented a mixed bag of results, highlighting both successes and areas of challenge within the company's diverse portfolio.</li><li>The robust performance of gaming and licensing stood out, representing a key positive takeaway.</li><li>Notably, MAGIC: THE GATHERING and the Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) segments maintained resilience, with high profitability margins observed in tentpole releases and digital platforms.</li></ul>

Hasbro's third quarter 2024 earnings presented a mixed bag of results, highlighting both successes and areas of challenge within the company's diverse portfolio.The robust performance of gaming and licensing stood out, representing a key positive takeaway.Notably, MAGIC: THE GATHERING and the Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) segments maintained resilience, with high profitability margins observed in tentpole releases and digital platforms.

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Equity Research Focusing on the Consumer Sector, Small Cap Consumer Research

Small Cap Consumer Research

Equity Research Focusing on the Consumer Sector

Small Cap Consumer Research, LLC is a leading company-sponsored equity research provider focusing on the consumer sector (apparel, brand licensing and specialty retailing segments).

<ul><li>We are reiterating our Buy rating, $40 price target and projections for JAKKS Pacific, as we believe, driven by strong Holiday movie content and among the easiest comparisons in recent history, the company is poised to register strong 1H25 results.</li><li>More importantly, we believe, potential China tariffs excluded, JAKKS is building a base of key core items/categories (i.e. The Simpsons, Sonic, skateboards and Spring outdoor products) and international expansion, which will create the ability for JAKKS to register visible and impressive overall top and bottom line returns.</li><li>Further, we also believe in 2025, given the company's impressive financial position (no debt, approximately $2 per share in cash), JAKKS will begin to return capital to shareholders.</li></ul>

We are reiterating our Buy rating, $40 price target and projections for JAKKS Pacific, as we believe, driven by strong Holiday movie content and among the easiest comparisons in recent history, the company is poised to register strong 1H25 results.More importantly, we believe, potential China tariffs excluded, JAKKS is building a base of key core items/categories (i.e. The Simpsons, Sonic, skateboards and Spring outdoor products) and international expansion, which will create the ability for JAKKS to register visible and impressive overall top and bottom line returns.Further, we also believe in 2025, given the company's impressive financial position (no debt, approximately $2 per share in cash), JAKKS will begin to return capital to shareholders.

JAKK: 2025 Signposts; Building a Better Model; Reiterate Buy Rating and $40 PT

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Odd Lots

Podcast by Joe Weisenthal & Tracy Alloway

Bloomberg's Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway explore the most interesting topics in finance, markets and economics. Join the conversation every Monday and Thursday.

<ul><li>Monopoly was originally created as a critique of capitalism but became a massively successful business itself.</li><li>Hasbro has grossed over $3 billion in revenue from the app version of Monopoly.</li><li>Hasbro CEO, Chris Cox, will be discussing the development of Monopoly and other games on the podcast.</li></ul><p><em>This content is sourced through publicly available sources and has been machine generated. Information displayed is for general informational purposes only.</em></p>

Monopoly was originally created as a critique of capitalism but became a massively successful business itself.Hasbro has grossed over $3 billion in revenue from the app version of Monopoly.Hasbro CEO, Chris Cox, will be discussing the development of Monopoly and other games on the podcast.This content is sourced through publicly available sources and has been machine generated. Information displayed is for general informational purposes only.

How a Traditional Toymaker Is Going Big on Digital Games

<ul><li>Hasbro, Inc.'s second quarter earnings report for 2024 presents a mixed picture that merits attention from the investment community.</li><li>The company, well-known for its extensive range of entertainment and toy products, has demonstrated variable performance across its segments, which CEO Chris Cocks and CFO Gina Goetter elaborated on during the earnings call.</li><li>Baptista Research looks to evaluate the different factors that could influence the company's price in the near future and attempts to carry out an independent valuation of the company using a Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) methodology.</li></ul>

Hasbro, Inc.'s second quarter earnings report for 2024 presents a mixed picture that merits attention from the investment community.The company, well-known for its extensive range of entertainment and toy products, has demonstrated variable performance across its segments, which CEO Chris Cocks and CFO Gina Goetter elaborated on during the earnings call.Baptista Research looks to evaluate the different factors that could influence the company's price in the near future and attempts to carry out an independent valuation of the company using a Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) methodology.

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Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Bloks Group, a founder-led toy maker and owner of trusted brand “Blokees”, will price its IPO this week. Shares are set to begin trading on January 10, 2025.</li>
<li>I would expect strong first trading-day return as HK public offering was already 5,000+ times oversubscribed at high end of marketed price range.</li>
<li>I believe investors are rationally optimistic about the company. Bloks Group IPO attracted a surge of retail investors, and the stock may skyrocket above IPO price on first trading-day.</li>
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Bloks Group, a founder-led toy maker and owner of trusted brand “Blokees”, will price its IPO this week. Shares are set to begin trading on January 10, 2025.
I would expect strong first trading-day return as HK public offering was already 5,000+ times oversubscribed at high end of marketed price range.
I believe investors are rationally optimistic about the company. Bloks Group IPO attracted a surge of retail investors, and the stock may skyrocket above IPO price on first trading-day.


Bloks Group Likely To Price IPO at High End of Range: What To Expect From First Trading-Day?

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Hasbro, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets toys, games, interactive software, puzzles, and infant products in the United States and internationally. The Company's products include a variety of games, including traditional board, card, hand-held electronic, trading card, role-playing and DVD games, as well as electronic learning aids and puzzles as well as dolls and action figures.

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